Happy Little Helpers Game In To Asda Scotland Stores

Happy Little Helpers game in Asda Scotland stores - a game to help to make shopping trips less stressful for autistic children.

Asda's Happy Little Helpers game could make shopping a whole lot easier for many families in Scotland. The Happy Little Helpers Game in Asda Scotland Stores has been designed to help to make shopping trips less stressful for autistic children.

The game was designed by an Asda employee, Jenny Barnett. Jenny's 5 year old son has non-verbal autism and after seeing how his school used pictures and symbols to help him communicate, she came up with the idea of the Happy Little Helpers shopping list game - a colourful picture list which aims to keep children interested and help them to ignore distractions which could ultimately make the weekly shopping trip a less stressful for all the family.

The Happy Little Helpers shopping list is a durable board which can be clipped on to the shopping trolley and has a range of velcro-backed grocery images including milk, bread and fruit, which can be ticked off as the items are placed in the trolley.

After a successful trial in Middlesbrough, all the Asda superstores and supercentres will have ten Happy Little Helpers shopping lists available at the customer service desk. There are many stores in Scotland that the Happy Little Helpers games will be available from including - Edinburgh, Dundee, Dunfermline, Falkirk, Glasgow, Inverness, Kilmarnock, Livingston, Motherwell, and many more. You can see the full list of participating stores in Scotland here.

Tom Purser, head of campaigns and public engagement at The National Autistic Society, told Asda, "Supermarkets can often be a very overwhelming place for people on the autism spectrum and Jenny’s visual shopping list idea is a great way to help reduce the overload and make shopping a more pleasant experience for autistic children and their families. Asda’s initiative is a great example of an organisation taking the trouble to understand how autistic children and adults experience the world and we hope other retailers are inspired to follow their example."